Lung cancer screening rates among heavy current and former smokers remain low and unchanged despite prevention guidelines, according to a new study published in JAMA Oncology last week. For the study, ...

Nov 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Medicare program is proposing to add lung cancer screening tests for beneficiaries with a history of heavy smoking, the federal government announced on Monday. Screening ...

While it is well known that smoking causes lung cancer, heavy smokers with diabetes are also at increased risk of death from causes other than lung cancer, according to a study being presented next ...

Early diagnosis reduces lung cancer mortality in heavy (ex-)smokers: benefits clearly outweigh harms through mis- or overdiagnosis. Screening design still open. English translation of the rapid report ...

Children of heavy smokers may not be getting the treatment for asthma that they need, suggests research in Thorax. Passive smoking is a major cause of respiratory illness among children. But the ...